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This Oddball Salamander Ancestor Stood Out in Prehistoric Waters with Its Bizarre, Evolution-Defying Jaw

Meet Tanyka amnicola, an ancient salamander ancestor with a jaw so strange it’s shaking up the history of evolution. Paleontologists uncovered the fossilized jawbone of a creature that once lived around 275 million years ago, Tanyka amnicola, a strange ancestor of modern salamanders. Initially, scientists thought the jaw’s peculiar shape was a deformity. But as mor... [3611 chars]

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